spread

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 敷 has 15 strokes; 敷く is read しく, and 敷地 is read しきち.
• Basic usage: 敷く means to lay or spread something over a surface; 敷地 denotes the grounds or site occupied by a building and its surroundings.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Laying something down and a site
  • 新聞紙を敷いてから means after laying down newspaper. 敷いて is the connective form of 敷く, whose objects can include sand spread on a road as well as paper.
  • 学校の敷地 refers to the land associated with a school. 敷地に入れない means being unable to enter those grounds.